- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Cornelia Bailey (1945-2017)
- Creator:
- Bowen, Jesse M.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-05-06
- Subject:
- African American authors--Georgia--Sapelo Island
African American women authors--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Gullah women--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Gullahs--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Bailey, Cornelia
Authors, American--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Women authors, American--Georgia--Sapelo Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Cornelia Bailey. As a member of the last generation of African Americans born and educated on Sapelo Island, Cornelia Bailey as become one of Georgia's most vocal defenders of her homeland and its African American heritage. Sapelo Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Georgia, has protected the state's interior for thousands of years. Although the island has withstood countless hurricanes and the arrival of colonial settlers, a new threat has come to the people of Sapelo--the threat of industrial development.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cornelia-bailey-1945-2017/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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